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nests Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 4.3 12.8 39.7 17.4 0 13.3
Number of occurrences268 8 4 3 0 3
Number of authors21 7 6 3 3 2

Occurrences of nests in Corpus

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Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The bitter winds assay your nests, on page 112

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an gaitherin smuil fur thair nests on page 43

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
erin their ain an their pals' nests. But the bet they are makkin on page 56

1 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
in o stories o moosies biggin nests amang e caaf, I speirt at Tam on page 87

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An nests are gizzen in the grey-armed on page 33

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
he birds are settled in their nests. on page 15

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
chtit and saved a wheen o sic nests afore and he was ayeweys taen on page 18

2 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
r soup's made wi wee birdies' nests An I'we heard o smoked rats - on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
iv holes, e birdies hiv their nests, bit e Sin o Man his naewye t on page 16
e birdies o the air hiv their nests; bit e Sin o Man his naewye t on page 97

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
r the fulmars will raid their nests, on page 5

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
. "An forbye, they bigg their nests aneth dial-steens, an forbye, on page 84

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Naebody tae see the teuchats' nests
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ey burst. They rypit teuchits nests an broke their eggies. If loo
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
their ain sire – an biggit nests in Quarrytowers, an ither air
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I swear his hair's got nests in it on page 120

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The stirlings are aff thir nests, yellan their warneen cry, on page 146

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
in the springtime. Whaups’ nests and shalders’ nests appear.
and shalders’ nests appear. There’s the glory o
2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
omes back year eftir year, an nests just ootside wir fence, whaar on page 91

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ack velvets an saaft buss for nests. on page 36

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Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
tae seein him ivery day as he nests no far awa. We see even mair
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
"Foxes hae holes an burds hae nests, but tha Sinn o Man haes naew on page 9
"Foxes hae holes an burds hae nests, but tha Sinn o Man haesnae o on page 87

2 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
nkers, buttherflees, burds’ nests an tha laik — tae tha oul w
1 matches

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